Music, art and roller derby: Ten things to do this week

Marc J Chalifoux, Edmonton Journal03.14.2013

AGE OF AROUSAL: The title says it all in Age of Arousal, the new offering by Edmonton’s The Maggie Tree and playwright Linda Griffiths. Rhoda is an “odd” woman in 1885 London, where the ratio of women to men was nearly four to one. With her lover Mary Barfoot she runs a secretarial school for other “odd” women left single by this imbalance, a situation ripe for drama when Mary’s cousin Everard drops by for a visit just as Rhoda’s old friend Virginia and her sister are accepted in the school. The play runs until Sunday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m.; 1:30 matinees on March 9, 10, 17. No show on Monday. Where: C103 Theatre, 8529 Gateway Boulevard (formerly Catalyst Theatre). Admission: $20 to $25, available at Tix on the Square, 780-420-1757. Information: c103.ca

Marc J Chalifoux
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WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A DRUNKEN SAILOR?: Irreverent Celtic-rockers Captain Tractor have made their reputation turning venues into shambolic dance parties for 20 years now, veering between drunken singalongs of The Log Driver’s Waltz and Drunken Sailor to the eight albums worth of original music they’ve released since 1994. They’ve slowed a step from the incessant touring that marked them through the ’90s, and they don’t often play around town, but they do like to rip it up when they get together for the odd in-town show. The band invades Cook County Saloon, 8010 Gateway Blvd., Sunday, March 17 at 9 p.m. Admission: $7 in advance from cookcountysaloon.com, or at the door. Info: cookcountysaloon.com
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NEW EXHIBIT: The Facing North — Coyotes Artist Collective exhibition has just started at the Visual Arts Alberta Gallery and will be running for just over a month. A loose-knit group of landscape, environmental artists and writers from Alberta, B.C. and the Northwest Territories, the collective are united by a goal to represent their specific landscape and environmental interests as emotional experiences and through diverse points of view. When: Until Saturday, April 13. Gallery hours are Wed. to Fri., 10 to 4 p.m., and Sat. 12 to 4 p.m. The gallery is closed Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30. Where: Visual Arts Alberta Gallery, 3rd floor, 10215 112th St.
Admission: Free. Info: visualartsalberta.com
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GIVE’R!: Dean “The Deaner” Murdoch, the perennially beer shotgunning hero of Fubar and Fubar 2, has put together the stoner metal of Night Seeker, with a little help from C’Mon’s Ian Blurton, Mikey Heppner of Priestess and Justin Hawkins of The Darkness. You can find the results on the Fubar 2 soundtrack, covers of Every Rose Has Its Thorn and More Than a Feeling sandwiched between originals like Give’r Take All, Hot Muff and Hell Child. It all happens Thursday, March 14 at 8 p.m. at the Pawn Shop, 10551 Whyte Ave. Admission: $20 in advance from Yeglive.ca, also available at the door. Info: pawnshoplive.ca
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GOTTFRIED: We all know Gilbert Gottfried as the man with the most grating voice in all of show business, with the possible exception of Bobcat Goldthwait. He’s also among the most shockingly tasteless of comedians, able to offend the entire nation of Japan with a single inappropriate Twitter quip while keeping others in stitches. This might be why he’s been able to hang on in such a notoriously fickle industry, the fact that he’s able to rebound so quickly where others fade back. Not for the faint of heart. Gottfried takes the stage Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16 at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. at Yuk Yuk’s, Century Casino, 13103 Fort Rd. Admission: $29, available at the door or by phoning 780-481-9857. Info: yukyuks.comMark Davis
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ROLLER DERBY PLAYOFF: Come see Edmonton’s own E-Ville Dead compete in the final playoff round that pits six teams from four regional tournaments against each other at the ice rink in West Edmonton Mall. The fastest growing sport in Canada, with 110 official leagues sprouting up over six years, roller derby has made an impressive mark on the sports landscape in a very short period of time. The action takes place at West Edmonton Mall Ice Palace Friday, March 15 to Sunday, March 17. Games start at 6 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. on Saturday, and 10 a.m. on Sunday. Admission: $20 for a daily pass, $40 for a weekend pass, available at rollerderbycanada.ca. Info: rollerderbycanada.ca
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BRASS!: Have you been feeling the absence of cornet or euphonium in your life? Down about the lack of trombone and flugel horn as you make your way through the day? Well, expect brass, brass and more brass as the Mill Creek Colliery Band play their first concert of 2013, Brass Blast! The 28-piece, British-style brass band will perform a varied and eclectic selection that include Balls’ An English Suite, Mackereth’s Exaltation, Jimmy Webb’s MacArthur Park, Scene No. 1 from Swan Lake and Pirates of the Caribbean. The show happens Sunday, March 17 at 3 p.m. at All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral, 10035 103rd St. Admission: $14 for students and seniors, $18 for adults, available at the door and at Tix on the Square, 780-420-1757. Information: millcreekbrass.ca
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CONNECTING: Have you been waiting for an opportunity to check out classical music in an environment that you don’t find quite so intimidating? Introducing new listeners to classical music is the idea behind the Connections Concert Series performed by emerging student musicians and esteemed faculty of the Alberta College Conservatory of Music, now in its second year at Grant MacEwan. The one-hour concerts, which will also take place Sunday, May 26 and Sunday, June 7 are designed to create an inviting atmosphere for first timers to experience composers like Liszt, Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Bartok and Schubert. All proceeds from ticket sales go directly to supporting student scholarships, and all three concerts will be broadcast on CKUA. The concert takes place Sunday, March 17 at 2 p.m. at Muttart Hall, Grant MacEwan, 10050 Macdonald Dr. Admission: Students and seniors $10, adults $20, youth 12 and under free, available at Tix on the Square, 780-420-1757. Information: macewan.caOLIVER LANG
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WELCOME TO ALL THE PLEASURES: The second and final concert in the Da Camera Singers’ season features the half-century-old choral group teaming up with Alberta Baroque Ensemble for an evening’s worth of music by Schubert, Purcell and Handel. Jolaine Kerley, Amy Voyer, Jacques Arsenault and Paul Grindlay are featured soloists for the concert, which includes rare works from Purcell (Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day) and Schubert (Mass No. 2 in G Major). When: Sunday, March 17 at 3 p.m. Where: Robertson-Wesley United Church, 10209 123rd St. Admission: $15 for students and seniors, $20 for adults, available at the door and at Tix on the Square, 780-420-1757. Information: dacamera.ab.caChris Paltzat
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BILLY ELLIOT: The smash West End musical from London based on the Oscar-winning film now makes its way to Edmonton for a six-night stand. You probably know the story by now: set in Thatcher’s England during the mining strike of 1984, it follows young Billy Elliot as he grows up in a small Northern town feeling economically bleak times. Billy’s father and brother take to the picket lines while Billy secretly transfers from boxing to ballet, a courageous and unusual choice for a working-class boy. As bleak as it sounds, there’s plenty of humour and uplifting musical numbers among the hard life lessons. When: Tuesday, March 19 to Sunday, March 24. Tuesday to Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Where: Jubilee Auditorium
Admission: $45 to $110, available from Ticketmaster, 780-451-8000. Info: jubileeauditorium.comAmy Boyle
/ Photo by Amy Boyle

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